Retrofit Bumper for Light Rail Vehicles
ARA’s retrofit bumper for light rail vehicles significantly reduces injuries, repair and litigation costs, and system downtimes.
VISIT ARA AT THE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD (TRB) ANNUAL MEETING
VISIT ARA at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting
January 11-13, 2026
American Public Works Association National Conference
ARA serves military, civilian government, and private organizations worldwide with a range of products and services that support the full infrastructure life cycle – from planning through preservation – and help provide cost-effective asset management.
ARA Hires Erin Flanigan, P.E., PMP | Transportation Operations and Safety
Erin Flanigan, P.E., PMP has joined Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) as a principal for Transportation Operations and Safety. In this role, she will support clients nationwide in the advancement…
Building Information Modeling and Civil Integrated Management Services
ARA provides innovative building information modeling (BIM) for transportation and civil integrated management (CIM) services for a broad range of transportation...
Roadway Safety
Leveraging technical excellence and innovation, ARA enhances infrastructure performance with advanced tools and technology, improving the safety of roadways for the traveling public…
Rail Crashworthiness Analysis
Our engineers model and accurately predict full-scale train crash tests and apply validated models to the design of new and improved structures and the analysis of real-world accidents...
Policy and Planning for Infrastructure
ARA experts develop international, national, state, local, and industry standards, specifications, test methods, procedures, and requirements...
Traffic Monitoring
ARA helps clients to assess federal and state traffic monitoring directives, as well as develop and implement standards and practices to improve efficiency and accuracy in traffic data collection...
AirView Interactive GIS Pavement Management
To help address the challenges of communicating engineering-related information to a diverse set of stakeholders, ARA offers the web-based AirView application to provide easy access to a wide range of information...
AASHTOWare Pavement ME Design
AASHTOWare Pavement ME Design is the next generation of AASHTOWare pavement design software, which builds upon the mechanistic-empirical pavement design guide...
PaVision Automated Pavement Condition Assessment System
PaVision is the low-cost pavement management data collection system that allows anyone to have high-quality management data...
Infrastructure Risk Management
ARA provides innovative risk management services for a broad range of transportation- and infrastructure-related projects and programs...
Geotechnical & Structures
ARA uses our combined geotechnical and structures expertise to provide a range of innovative R&D, consulting, and training services…
Surface Transportation R&D and Technology Deployment
Through the integrated application of engineering expertise, innovative communication and outreach, and responsive program management, ARA has helped the FHWA...
Pavement Engineering & Testing
ARA provides comprehensive pavement engineering research and consulting services for roadways, airfields, parking areas, and intermodal facilities, and employs a range of pavement testing technologies...
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Transportation Asset Management
Through effective asset management, agencies can maximize their return on investment, improve system performance, extend the life of critical assets, and increase customer satisfaction...
Pavement Marking Services
ARA has a comprehensive suite of testing capabilities designed to assess the performance of pavement markings. Our professionals are nationally recognized experts...
Airport/Airfield R&D
With over three decades of serving the airport and aviation communities, ARA is well versed in helping aviation agencies to conduct critical R&D and deploy innovative technologies...
